I’ve always enjoyed cooking. I’ve always thought it should be considered the Sixth Love Language, for those of you familiar with the insightful book, The 5 Love Languages. I said in my retirement, I would spend even more time cooking and making homemade food. So far, I’ve been doing just that. Comfort food is one of my specialities as you can tell from this Election Day post on my social media sites.
A new kitchen gadget
Since we love going to thrift stores, I’m always on the lookout for unused or barely used kitchen gadgets. I prefer to not pay full price for something I’m not sure I’ll consistently use. That’s one reason I was excited when I found this Ball Fresh Tech Automatic Jam and Jelly Maker at a Goodwill thrift store recently. I made homemade jelly once before and it was relatively easy so having a machine must make it a cinch.
Balllin on a Budget
Another Balllin on a Budget deal! My apologies for the blurry picture. I was in such a rush to wash and use the machine; I didn’t realize the picture was blurry.
You can make out $19.99. However, if I recall correctly, I only paid $10 because the tag color was on sale that day. The machine came with the original manual which made it another great thrift store find!
Ready to go!
So, I was ready to try out my new machine. Here’s a video I made the morning I was trying it out.
I reviewed the recipe. Don’t worry, I’ll provide the affiliate links to the products you need below to make it easy in case you want to try.
Here’s what I did step by step.
I gathered everything I would need and got started.
Wash the strawberries.
Weigh the strawberries
Hull the strawberries. If you’ve never hulled strawberries before, here’s a video on how to do it.
